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James Peter McCormick (1868 - 1956)

James Peter McCormick
Born in Peel Township, Wellington County, Ontariomap
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Son of and
Brother of , , , , and
Husband of — married 23 Jul 1923 in Guelph, Ontariomap
Died at about age 87 in Guelph, Wellington, Ontario, Canadamap [uncertain]
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Biography

James was born on the family farm in Peel Township, Wellington County.[1] He was the fifth of seven children of Joseph Manus and Catherine O'Grady McCormick.[2] (There were two boys named James in the family. James Michael was born in 1866 and died in 1871.)[3]

James was 11 when his father died.[4] He lived and worked on the family farm for many years,[5][6] He purchased the farm from his mother in 1908, when he was about 40 years old.[7] He turned the farm over to his sister Mary and her husband Jacob Walter in 1914.[8]He appears to be working in Guelph as a machinist in 1921.[9]

James married Margaret Morris at Our Lady Immaculate Church in Guelph when he was 55 years old.[10]

He died at age 90 and is buried in Marymount Cemetery, Guelph, Ontario.[11]

Sources

  1. ↑ Julie Schnurr and Marjorie Metzger, eds. Good Neighbors to Have: The Macton Community 1845-2005 p. 17.
  2. ↑ 1871 Canada Census, Ontario, Wellington, Peel Township Online image
  3. ↑ E-Mail Message from Patricia McCormick to Meg McGowan, "Family Tree," February 4, 2003.
  4. ↑ 1881 Canada Census, Ontario, Wellington Center, Peel Township, Online image
  5. ↑ 1891 Canada Census, Ontario, Wellington Center, Peel Township, Online image
  6. ↑ 1901 Canada Census, Ontario, Wellington Center, Peel Township, Online image
  7. ↑ Julie Schnurr and Marjorie Metzger, eds. Good Neighbors to Have: The Macton Community 1845-2005 p. 52.
  8. ↑ Julie Schnurr and Marjorie Metzger, eds. Good Neighbors to Have: The Macton Community 1845-2005 p. 57.
  9. ↑ 1921 Canada Census
  10. ↑ "Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/27D6-QS3 : accessed 23 Jun 2014), James Mccormick and Margaret Morris, 23 Jul 1923; citing registration 023514, Guelph, Wellington, Ontario, Canada, Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 002266940.
  11. ↑ E-Mail Message from Patricia McCormick to Meg McGowan, "Family Tree," February 4, 2003.




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Catherine O’Grady McCormick and her children
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